In an edge case there could be an old folder with a previous BE server name present.This is a BE server with the Centralized Administration Server Feature Installed or it is a Managed Backup Exec Server.
There can be multiple folder with other BE server names if: If Backup Exec is upgraded from Version before Backup Exec 16 - C:\Program Files\Symantec\Backup Exec\Catalogs
What are the Contents of the Catalogs folder?ĭefault Path - C:\Program Files\Veritas\Backup Exec\Catalogs To manually perform the same activity, refer to the Related Article linked below. Click "OK" and this should change the catalog location within BE and also move catalog files to the new location. Select the checkbox to change the catalog location and paste or type the new catalog location path. Click " yes" on the prompt, if one comes up. Select the All backup Exec Servers section from the utility, highlight and right click on the Backup Exec Server to launch the menu to run Set Job Log and Catalog Locations. This utility is availablein the Backup Exec Installation Path. Note: The Catalog Path can be changed with BEutility.exe. The registry key is HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Symantec\Backup Exec for Windows\Backup Exec\Engine\Misc\Catalog Path. If the Catalog Files are not available in the Catalog location, BE cannot display the Backup Sets in the console. They are stored in BKF, IMG, OST and tape (media based catalog) and physically present at the Catalog location stored in the registry. Where are the Backup Exec catalogs stored? If both need to be triggered for a storage or a few media, then choose Inventory and Catalog now. The Backup Exec User Interface provides options to run Inventory and Catalog job as seperate Jobs. It can be BKF, OST, IMG and/or tape.Ĭatalog: This is the process of reading the metadata of the Backup Set from the storage media and then creating catalog files for Backup Exec (which BE would store in default Installation path\Catalogs folder). "Media" is any medium where a backup is being written.
Inventory: This is the process of reading a media header and adding the information about that tape to the Backup Exec database. What is the difference between Inventory and Catalog? If these files are lost they can be regenerated (Run a Catalog Job within BE) with the help of Media Based catalog as the media always contains the info about what sets are written on it until the media is overwritten. These are called Disk Based Catalog (These are XML and FH files in catalogs folder of BE). In order for Backup Exec to read the information about the set stored on the Backup Media, it needs to create Catalog files which it stores on Disk. This is referred to as Media Based Catalog which reside on the media. When backup is taken on a media, the information about the set that is being written is also added to that storage media. The purpose of reading the data can be to restore data or duplicate a backup set to another secondary or tertiary storage.
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If there is no tape stuck in the Tape drive of the Tape Library, This issue will come up when the tape hardware is at fault.ģ. If there is any tape stuck then unload that tape using web-based console or Front panel of the tape library.Ģ. Check if is there any tape stuck in the Tape Drive of Tape library. If Backup job does not work on B2D also then perform following steps:ġ. Perform a backup on a Backup to Disk folder and check if it works. pause-unpause tape library inside backupexec Run a rescan of your devices in Device Manager